Painting with a roller.

Wide paint rollers are used to paint walls and ceilings 18-25 cm, covered with natural fur, often screwed onto extensions of various types. All corners can also be painted with a suitable roller: with a special fur coat, with fur shaped according to the shape of the corner, or consisting of several angled parts.
It is best to use a paint trough for painting with a roller (litter boxes), i.e. a plastic shallow vessel with a cavity forming a paint reservoir and an inclined drip section with herringbone tumps.
New roller, as well as the old one, very dry, before painting, we should immerse it in water and shake it well – so, to keep it moist inside. This will make it easier to soak it with paint and then wash it.
Immerse the roller in the paint tank, and then roll it over the drip part several times, thus removing excess paint. If we paint with solvent-based paints, worth it – to avoid hassles later when cleaning – line the litter box with aluminum foil or food foil. After finishing work, we simply remove it and, if necessary, clean the splashes with paint with a cloth. If we paint with water-borne paint, the litter box is easy to clean under running water.
Begin painting the ceiling with a roller by rolling it along the corner, at a distance of approx 10-15 cm from the edge of the cut-off flange, applied with a corner roller or brush. After rolling in one direction, we roll in the opposite – so, to connect the previously applied strip with the cut-off strip. Now we apply another strip, at a distance 10-15 cm from the previously painted. In this way, we cover the entire ceiling with successive stripes.
When painting the ceiling, as well as walls with a roller with an extension, place the litter box on the floor. This will make it easier for the roller to soak and drain.
Paint the wall by moving the roller with vertical strokes from top to bottom. You can also use the method described for painting the ceiling. However, a special spreading of paint over the surface gives better results. Well, first of all, the roller, freshly soaked and drained, we roll in one strip from bottom to top. Thus, we spread the paint in a thicker layer. Then we roll the roller with diagonal movements, zigzag. They spread the paint further over a larger area. The final distribution of the paint with the appropriate layer thickness takes place when the roller is rolled with overlapping vertical stripes.
Roll the shaft successively from bottom to top and vice versa. In this way, we cover successive places with an area generally 1,5 x 1,5 m. Same here too, as for brush painting, the wet on wet principle applies, that is, painting in that order, so that the individual painting areas do not dry out.
After work, and also in the case of longer breaks in painting with water-borne paint, the roller must be thoroughly washed and dried, rolling e.g.. after spread out newspapers. If we stop work for a short time, just shield it, wrapping in cling film. The same can be done with a bench brush.
Foil wrapping is also recommended for longer storage of the washed roller.